John Kerry to Receive Second-Place Prize Again?

John Kerry did such a stand-up job pretending to be an aloof, out-of-touch, aquatics-loving New England multimillionaire during presidential-debate prep that President Obama is reportedly considering making Kerry’s second-wildest dream come true.

Rumors are circulating that Kerry is next in line for defense secretary, a job the Massachusetts senator might someday proudly tolerate. The Washington Post reports: “Although Kerry is thought to covet the job of secretary of state, senior administration officials familiar with the transition planning said that nomination will almost certainly go to Susan E. Rice, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations.” Ooh. Classically corrupt big-government nepotism. Is Susan E. Rice getting the job because she’s Condoleezza Rice’s kid or something? And Wikipedia says. . . no. Susan Rice has two parents, neither of whom is Condoleezza Rice. Allegedly.